Which has higher wildfire area burned by land cover type, Puerto Rico or Sri Lanka?

Puerto Rico, at 0 hectares against 0 hectares in Sri Lanka as of 2025.

What is the difference in wildfire area burned by land cover type between Puerto Rico and Sri Lanka?

0 hectares, with Puerto Rico ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Puerto Rico and Sri Lanka?

24 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

Global Wildfire Information System (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Wildfire area burned by land cover type. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Puerto Rico vs Sri Lanka: Wildfire area burned by land cover type

Puerto Rico

0 hectares

in 2025

Sri Lanka

0 hectares

in 2025

Puerto Rico rank

99th

Sri Lanka rank

99th

Wildfire area burned by land cover type over time

Puerto Rico
Sri Lanka

How they compare

Puerto Rico currently reports 0 hectares against 0 hectares in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0 hectares.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Puerto Rico ranks 99th and Sri Lanka ranks 99th of 225 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Puerto Rico averaged higher in 1 and Sri Lanka in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Puerto Rico	Sri Lanka	Difference	Ahead
2000s	0 hectares	29.52 hectares	29.52 hectares	Sri Lanka
2010s	2.15 hectares	0 hectares	2.15 hectares	Puerto Rico
2020s	0 hectares	7.16 hectares	7.16 hectares	Sri Lanka

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher wildfire area burned by land cover type, Puerto Rico or Sri Lanka?: Puerto Rico, at 0 hectares against 0 hectares in Sri Lanka as of 2025.
What is the difference in wildfire area burned by land cover type between Puerto Rico and Sri Lanka?: 0 hectares, with Puerto Rico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Puerto Rico and Sri Lanka?: 24 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2025.
How do Puerto Rico and Sri Lanka rank globally for wildfire area burned by land cover type?: Puerto Rico ranks 99th and Sri Lanka ranks 99th of 225 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Global Wildfire Information System (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Wildfire area burned by land cover type. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Puerto Rico vs Sri Lanka: Wildfire area burned by land cover type. Statizoid, drawing on Global Wildfire Information System (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 08 November 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/annual-burned-area-by-landcover/puerto-rico-us/sri-lanka/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/annual-burned-area-by-landcover/puerto-rico-us/sri-lanka/">Puerto Rico vs Sri Lanka: Wildfire area burned by land cover type</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Wildfire area burned by land cover type
Unit: hectares
Source: Global Wildfire Information System (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 225 places, 5,400 data points, 2002–2025
Last refreshed: 30 October 2026

Area of other land types burnt by wildfires each year, in hectares. Includes wetlands, urban areas, snow and ice, bare ground, and water bodies.